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Aug 12, 2008 6:53 PM
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Aww, what a nice ending :3
Aug 22, 2008 9:33 PM
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Great, and even greater because of eri-chan :)
Aug 30, 2008 6:59 AM
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Aww, nice ending... I thought the bit before the OP was cute too :P
And Harima's pig... KAWAIIII! :P
I don't understand why Tenma fancies Karasuma, he seems like such a loser :P

Apr 27, 2009 7:51 PM
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HOORAY, they won. Loved the beginning and the end.
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Jul 18, 2009 2:45 AM
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Nice episode. The ending was nice also.
Jul 26, 2009 6:57 PM
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Woah....things are really steaming up. I think I prefer Eri and Harima instead of Tenma and Harima.
Aug 30, 2009 6:56 PM
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O.o Eri & Harima.... nice!
Another great episode! Lately I just can't stop laughing at these episodes.
Sep 18, 2009 7:45 PM
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Finally somebody acknowledges Harima. Superb episode! :D
Oct 21, 2009 6:00 PM
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I am so into the idea of Eri and Harima.
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saxophone said:
Woah....things are really steaming up. I think I prefer Eri and Harima instead of Tenma and Harima.


I AGREEE.
Nov 20, 2009 2:23 PM

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oh man I've been there - running after a chick and end up attracting another one without realising it.
Jan 4, 2010 11:20 PM

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Lol i couldnt help but cover my eyes in anticipation when his hat fell off >_<
Only 3 episode to go T_T nuuu i swear this animes going by so fast
Feb 25, 2010 5:35 PM

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Aww, nice ending... I thought the bit before the OP was cute too :P
And Harima's pig... KAWAIIII! :P
I don't understand why Tenma fancies Karasuma, he seems like such a loser :P


I agree!
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Mar 20, 2010 8:43 AM

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Eri and Harima FTW!
Apr 18, 2010 8:19 AM

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Beautiful ending! O__O
Jun 7, 2010 6:45 PM

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That is so sweet! I have to say I thought this was the most romantic episode yet.

Eri + Harima is awesome!

I think that Harima and Eri both have a place in their heart for each other- even Harima who got a buzz cut from her, thinks he loves Tenma, and keeps calling her rich girl- I think even he has a special place in his heart for Eri. Maybe the moral of the series is you don't always get what you want but get something that you didn't realize was better. That is the moral of the story IF Eri and Harima start dating towards the end. But if Harima gets with Tenma, then the moral is never give up on your dreams. I still can't see why Tenma likes Karasuma, he is one weird boy.

Also Imidori hugging Mikoto was funny "Can I have a kiss if I win the relay?" XD

I thought this episode was really nice. And the ending was funny and romantic at the same time- romantic because they danced together yet funny because at the end Eri just had to say something bad about Harima's dancing skill- which is apparently low!

This was the 2nd best episode yet. Episode 22 being first because of the awesome chivalry battle!

Also, the pig was adorable ;D
Sep 16, 2010 3:41 PM

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I am so... not sure about who I want to be together. XD Happy Harima = yay. He's the one who's gone through the most suffering in this series, I think he should pick, haha.

I, too, will never get what Tenma sees in Karasuma. I don't think I could ever forget, if I were Tenma, how he chose curry over her... Just unforgiveable D':

Anyway... Such a great episode! Loved it! Love all the character interactions too. :)
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Harima x Eri ftw.

Best part of the series so far was at the end.
Jan 10, 2011 4:20 PM

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HATE THE IDEA OF ERI AND HARIMA ! I wish Tenma and Harima could be together!
Feb 26, 2011 12:17 AM

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Tani-sensei should be feeling vindicated now. XD Even though he's a hopeless flirt, Imadori doesn't look so bad when he was drawn seriously and he looks dead serious too just before the start of the boys' relay. His performance and strategy however were idiotic as expected. LOL
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Sep 13, 2011 8:41 PM

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OMG i normally hate tsunderes but somehow i feel good for Eri.
nice episode
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The Remarks to Harima were the best, about him caring and his dancing mentioned by Eri.

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Did I actually tear up for a moment there at the end?...That was actually pretty sweet between Eri and Harima, and it seems obvious that Eri has been thinking about him since that first bungled confession. Looks like a couple of other ships might be ready to sail as well. And really, Karasuma seems the least interesting boy out of the lot...even Nara (who ranks just above Boy A and Boy B) seems better.
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Mar 24, 2014 5:38 AM

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YEs my favorite episode so far i Eri is my favorite she is def the cutetess in a tsundere kinda way <3 hope there's more of this to come <3
Great ending ^-^
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Apr 11, 2014 6:48 PM
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WOOAAAAH that pig is so kawaiii...!!

Nice ending , loved it :D

I want the 2 of them end as couple (eriXharima)
but his to dense.. he only loved tenma..

Hahaha i lol'ed so hard becoz of hanai freaking face XD
kinda reminds me of guy (>^.^)>

Well the end for harima.. becoz of that bald head .. he goes back being alone..

Your horrible at dancing
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everyone who ship Harima x Eri pair was insanely screaming in this episode XD
Jan 13, 2015 4:13 AM

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This was great, and the piggy needs to be in more episodes!
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And thus the battles are done. Lot of great things happened here.

Eri, Harima, you two...


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Apr 3, 2015 3:38 PM

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Fuck it, I'm jumping on this ship, and you know which I'm talking about. Eri was damn cute at the end. Non-violent but pretencious tsundere are great :D

Harima lost something important.... his beret. And his honor. But honestly, I think he's overthinking it. Sure, it's weird for a student to have a haircut like that, but I'd guess that people would understand that he probably had a misfortune to end up like that.
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Finally some development!! So it seems like it's Eri-chan to be honest I like this cause so far tenma has showed nothing more than that of what's going on between them too. I'm jumping on this HarumaXEri ship!
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That is so sweet! I have to say I thought this was the most romantic episode yet.

Eri + Harima is awesome!

I think that Harima and Eri both have a place in their heart for each other- even Harima who got a buzz cut from her, thinks he loves Tenma, and keeps calling her rich girl- I think even he has a special place in his heart for Eri. Maybe the moral of the series is you don&#039;t always get what you want but get something that you didn&#039;t realize was better. That is the moral of the story IF Eri and Harima start dating towards the end. But if Harima gets with Tenma, then the moral is never give up on your dreams. I still can&#039;t see why Tenma likes Karasuma, he is one weird boy.

Also Imidori hugging Mikoto was funny &quot;Can I have a kiss if I win the relay?&quot; XD

I thought this episode was really nice. And the ending was funny and romantic at the same time- romantic because they danced together yet funny because at the end Eri just had to say something bad about Harima&#039;s dancing skill- which is apparently low!

This was the 2nd best episode yet. Episode 22 being first because of the awesome chivalry battle!

Also, the pig was adorable ;D

i fully agree with you on that, nice post and I think the part about the moral of the story is spot on, I hope it's the first one. the moral of the series is you don&#039;t always get what you want but get something that you didn&#039;t realize was better.
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Great episode!

Eri got somewhat jealous! Haha.

That was cool of Harima to win the race for Eri. Everyone did a great job. Hanai was hilarious when he was running.

Eri deciding to dance with Harima was awesome! I realy hope Harima grows back his hair though. I can totally ship Eri and Harima together.

Tenma slowly getting close to Karasuma was so cute! I really want to know more about Karasuma. I hope we lean about him soon. I do wonder how Tenma fell in love him though.
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I am so into the idea of Eri and Harima.

Yeah
Dec 10, 2015 6:54 PM

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I like how Imadori looks different when he gets serious.

4/5
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apalagi said:
everyone who ship Harima x Eri pair was insanely screaming in this episode XD

Totally !
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I am so into the idea of Eri and Harima.

Me too, never shiped so hard....
Nov 11, 2016 8:53 AM

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Harima X Eri > Harima X Tenma

Ever since the scene where Harima shelters Eri when she was sad in the rain under his umbrella I knew that they had something going. Despite it being unlikely, I hope Harima X Eri comes true.
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Man, I hope they give Harima his hair back soon. I don't like seeing him all sad and dejected!!!

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moouuu kawai ending ;(
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I honestly ship Kenji and the blonde, haha. Karasuma is always alone. Sweet episode.
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Gotta agree that Harima x Eri seems like the best ship now.
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I love the ending it's really sweet. I like when they were dancing around the fire.
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God damn this show is fire.
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Eri has slowly defrosted and is actually quite lovely underneath.
I'm totally into Eri x Harima.

Hanai being super OTT dramatic as usual. xD
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IT SHOULD'VE BEEN TENMA AND HARIMA IM SICK OF THIS ERI AND HARIMA CHEMISTRY IVE BEEN ROOTING FOR TENMA AND HARIMA IM SO MAD AAAAAAAAAA
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Harima should just buzz his whole hair / shave it off, to make it look even and not make it stand out from a ridiculous point of view.  He would look great with a shaved/buzz haircut/style

And yes, Harima and Eri is heating up.  I just hope that with the anime having 33 episodes left (3 episodes left from season 1, the two OVA episodes after season 1, 26 episodes for season 2, and the two OVA episodes after season 2), that there will actually be progress and development in their relationship. 

Harima and Eri is the only couple that I care about and hope they end up together.  

As for the other couples/possible couple character, I dont care if they end up together or not. I just view their interactions as comedic and nothing more. 
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Harima is more concerned about the pig than that guy

Kozue Mihara is part of the run and finally Megumi Sagano debuts too, nice (even if Sagano will have a renewed look in season 2). Oh no, it actually happened, Harima won but also lost something.

LOL, Hanai paired with Togo at the bonfire dance and Lala with Imadori, what could possibly go wrong?

IT SHOULD'VE BEEN TENMA AND HARIMA IM SICK OF THIS ERI AND HARIMA CHEMISTRY IVE BEEN ROOTING FOR TENMA AND HARIMA IM SO MAD AAAAAAAAAA


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I forgot to mention this in the last episode. Eri looks super sexy in that cheerleading outfit! I want to lick her armpit!

I love the Harima x Eri moments, even though Tenma is supposed to be the main girl. They looked so sweet together at the end; it almost made me tear up. Haha
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Aw that was such a sweet episode, the beginning part with Eri and Tae was just heartwarming, I mean she does care about Harima I mean that’s not a development in their relationship then I don’t know what is personally. My god and Harima even had a dance with Eri at the end of the episode when they were both at the bonfire and it looks like the sports festival that everyone had is now over. This was by far one of the best episode for School Rumble undeniably one of the best that I’ve seen for this show. I don’t think there’s anything else I could summarise this episode other than it was one of the best and I think a personal favourite to me. It was such a cute episode there. Very much an Eri and Harima episode, I love it for it.
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Awwww eri + harima
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The episodes have been really fun recently, I enjoy not seeing Tenmas crush as often, hes such a boring character
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This is definitely one of the best sports festival arcs I’ve ever seen in anime! I cannot discuss this episode without linking it to the previous one, so bear with me here. While the obvious highlight of this episode is, of course, Harima and Eri’s interaction (absolute gold), what also got me was the bromance between Harima and Hanai. These two have butted heads so many times throughout the series (for no apparent reason most of the time, lol), but now? They have full trust in each other (Harima knows Hanai will make it for the cavalry fight, and Hanai passes his manly spirit to Harima during the relay). That kind of unspoken bond between men always hits hard!

This arc also gives characters like Ichijo a chance to shine, and honestly, she’s super underrated. Even though she doesn’t have much screen time in this particular episode, I still can’t get her luchadora finisher move out of my head. That was marvelous! One of the best highlights for this arc for sure!

But now let’s talk about Harima and Eri, obviously the real highlight of this episode. Their dynamic throughout this arc reminds me so much of one of my all-time favorite short stories: The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry. To give a quick synopsis: it’s about a poor couple, each wanting to give the other a meaningful gift. The wife sells her long, beautiful hair to buy a chain for her husband’s prized watch. The husband sells his watch to buy combs for her hair. In the end, their gifts are “useless,” but the mutual sacrifice says everything about how deeply they care for one another, turning those useless gifts into the most valuable of all.

That’s exactly the vibe I got from this episode. Eri sacrifices her leg and the victory she worked so hard for just to protect Harima’s secret. And what does Harima do? He throws all of that away to hand the win back to her, even though he doesn’t care about winning. Objectively, their decisions make no sense. You could argue they’re both idiots. But emotionally? It’s one of the wisest and most human things either of them could’ve done. And that’s what fascinates me about human nature: the smartest thing someone can do often looks stupid on the surface, but underneath it all is a deep, irrational, beautiful logic.

Harima’s probably regretting it now (cuz he's dumb and this is still a comedy, so he still needs to love Tenma for the plot), but Eri, who technically took the biggest L, definitely doesn’t. You can feel that she believes it was the best decision she’s ever made. That kind of storytelling, that kind of mutual sacrifice and unspoken care, is why I love The Gift of the Magi, and it’s why I love Harima and Eri’s interactions so much. Yeah, I ship them. Hard. But even beyond the romance angle, their connection just works.

Even if this is a brain-dead comedy half the time (and I say that with love), I don’t know how it’ll end up for my boy Harima. But Eri? She’s already head over heels for him, no doubt about it. The dance at the end, too, is just *chef kiss*

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